New Feature: The Ruins of Sescheron
The frozen wasteland that is the Ruins of Sescheron are now open for exploration! Filled with new enemies, traps, and environmental hazards, you'll be able to explore the region and learn more about what befell the barbarians of Mount Arreat. Explore the Immortal Throne and obtain the ultimate treasure: Kanai's Cube.

New Feature: Kanai's Cube
Kanai's Cube is a new artisan that offers a slew of new recipes to fully customize your items and catalogue your Legendary powers. Several recipes are available to players immediately upon acquiring Kanai's Cube:

Extract Legendary Power: Destroy an item to add its Legendary power to your catalogue of collected powers. Once a power has been extracted, it can be equipped to your character without the need to equip the item. Players may have one Weapon, one Armor, and one Jewelry power equipped at a time. Players may only equip powers from items that their characters can normally equip and use.

Reforge a Legendary Item: Completely re-rolls a Legendary item as though it had dropped for the first time. This includes any powers that may have been previously enchanted on the item. Note that reforged items may re-roll as either Ancient or non-Ancient, so reforge at your own discretion!

Upgrade Rare Item: Upgrades the quality of a level 70 Rare item to Legendary. This item will roll as a randomized Legendary that shares that item's equipment type.

To acquire Kanai's Cube, visit Zoltun Kulle in New Tristram, Hidden Camp, Bastion's Keep Stronghold, or The Survivor's Enclave in Adventure Mode. He'll be quite pleased to guide you on your way.

New Feature: Season Journey
Each player approaches a new Season a little differently and we wanted to celebrate individual player successes. Beginning in Season 4, you'll be able to track your personal progress through the Season Journey interface.

A player's Season Journey is divided into chapters, each with their own descriptive goals and achievements. The further you advance in your Season Journey, the more difficult the milestones become and you'll find there are challenges for every level of player. Completing the highest level Tiers will unlock new portrait frame rewards to celebrate your accomplishments.

GENERAL

Torment VII-X difficulty levels have been added to the game

Crowd control resistance cap has been increased from 65% to 95%

This now applies to immobilize effects as well

Non-elite monsters can now benefit from crowd control resistance

All monsters other than bosses, Rift Guardians, or certain large monsters (like Mallet Lords) are now vulnerable to knockback effects

Knockback effects are now subject to crowd control resistance rules and monsters will become immune to knockback at 65% resistance

Lighting now arcs from any triggered trap to any armed traps within 75 yards

All enemies hit take 880% weapon damage over 10 hits

Skill Rune - Long Fuse

Now deals all damage in a single explosion for 930% weapon damage

Enemies hit will now be Stunned for 2 seconds

Skill Rune - Scatter

Re-arming time reduced from 2 to .5 seconds

Skill Rune - Sticky Trap

Damage increased from 800% to 915% weapon damage

Arming time reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second

Range reduced from 16 to 12 yards

Passive Skills

Hot Pursuit

Duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds

Leech

New Passive Skill

Gain 18,705 Life on Hit

Heal amount increased by 75% of your Life per Kill

Available at level 60

Numbing Traps

Duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds

Monk

Active Skills

Dashing Strike

Now breaks roots when cast

Witch Doctor

Active Skills

Acid Cloud

Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb

Damage increased from 525% to 620% weapon damage

Corpse Spiders

Skill Rune - Blazing Spiders

Spiders now return 3 Mana on hit

Skill Rune - Widowmakers

Now increases the total damage to 700% weapon damage

Firebats

Skill Rune - Cloud of Bats

Damage radius increased from 8 to 12 yards

Skill Rune - Plague Bats

Final damage increased from 638% to 660% weapon damage

Skill Rune - Vampire Bats

Damage type changed from Fire to Physical

Firebomb

Skill Rune - Ghost Bomb

Damage type changed from Fire to Cold

Hex

Now has an animation and summons the Shaman or Toad at your cursor location

The summoned Shaman now stands in the location where it was summoned

Summoned Shamans' cast range increased from 25 to 50 yards

Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%

Skill Rune - Angry Chicken

Damage type changed from Physical to Poison

Skill Rune - Hedge Magic

Damage type changed from Physical to Cold

Skill Rune - Jinx

Damage bonus increased from 10% to 30%

Damage type changed from Physical to Poison

Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness

Has been redesigned

Every second for 5 seconds, the toad pulls in the farthest enemy within 45 yards, swallows him for 0.5 seconds, then spits him back out, leaving the enemy with a debuff that deals 750% weapon damage over 5 seconds and increases damage taken by 25%

Skill Rune - Unstable Form

Weapon damage increased from 135% to 500%

Mass Confusion

Skill Rune - Devolution

Chance to summon a Zombie Dog increased from 30% to 100%

Skill Rune - Mass Hallucination

Weapon damage increased from 195% to 400%

Skill Rune - Mass Hysteria

Maximum number of enemies Stunned increased from 6 to 10

Skill Rune - Unstable Realm

Cooldown reduced from 45 to 30 seconds

Plague of Toads

Skill Rune - Piercing Toads

Damage type changed from Poison to Physical

Skill Rune - Toad Affinity

Damage type changed from Poison to Cold

Soul Harvest

Gaining additional Soul Harvest stacks will no longer remove all existing stacks and will instead be added to them. Any new stacks over 5 will replace the stack with the shortest remaining duration.

Skill Rune - Soul to Waste

Has been redesigned

Now grants 5% Movement Speed per stack

Wall of Zombies

Has been removed

Replaced with:

Wall of Death

Raise a wall of Zombies 28 yards wide from the ground that blocks enemies and attacks them for 800% weapon damage as Physical over 6 seconds

Skill Rune - Communing with Spirits

Summon a 15 yard radius spectral ring that deals 1400% weapon damage as Cold over 6 seconds, Chills all enemies who walk through by 60%, and reduces their damage done by 25%

Your Hex - Angry Chicken now lasts 15 seconds and movement speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 100%

Spirit of Arachyr

New Set

(2) Set Bonus

Summon a permanent Spider Queen who leaves behind webs that deal 1500% weapon damage per second over 5 seconds and slows enemies. The Spider Queen is commanded to move to where you cast your Corpse Spiders.

(4) Set Bonus

Hex gains the effect of the Toad of Hugeness rune. While Toad of Hugeness is active, you take 40% reduced damage. After Toad of Hugeness finishes his meal, you will heal for 10% of your maximum Life per second for 10 seconds.

(6) Set Bonus

The damage of your creature skills is increased by 500%. Creature skills are Corpse Spiders, Firebats, Hex, Piranhas, and Plague of Toads.

The Spider Queen's Grasp

Now rolls with +45-60% Corpse Spider damage

Zunimassa's Haunt

Has been redesigned

(2) Set Bonus

Now also reduces the cooldown of Fetish Army by 80%

Wizard

Chantodo's Resolve

Has been redesigned

(2) Set Bonus

Every second while in Archon form you expel a Wave of Destruction, dealing 350% weapon damage to enemies within 30 yards

Every time you hit with an attack while not in Archon form, 350% weapon damage is added to the Wave of Destruction, stacking up to 20 times

Fixed an issue that prevented Kanai's Cube recipes from working with follower items

Fixed an issue that caused the buff icon for Archon stacks to disappear when Archon expired with The Swami equipped

Fixed an issue that prevented several item affixes from being restricted to the proper classes

Fixed an issue that caused Chantodo's Resolve set bonus stacks to reset when taking a portal

Monsters

Further adjustments have been made to the amount of progress monsters grant in Nephalem and Greater Rifts

Rift Guardian health has been slightly increased

Stonesinger

Now has a specific animation for his knockback attack

Reduced the distance of his knockback

Fissures now spawn faster has he loses health

Reduced fissure duration

Fissures now constantly fire mortars

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue preventing the Mac client from launching

New Feature: Kanai's Cube
Kanai's Cube is a new artisan that offers a slew of new recipes to fully customize your items and catalogue your Legendary powers. Several recipes are available to players immediately upon acquiring Kanai's Cube:

Extract Legendary Power: Destroy an item to add its Legendary power to your catalogue of collected powers. Once a power has been extracted, it can be equipped to your character without the need to equip the item. Players may have one Weapon, one Armor, and one Jewelry power equipped at a time. Players may only equip powers from items that their characters can normally equip and use.

Reforge a Legendary Item: Completely re-rolls a Legendary item as though it had dropped for the first time. This includes any powers that may have been previously enchanted on the item. Note that reforged items may re-roll as either Ancient or non-Ancient, so reforge at your own discretion!

Upgrade Rare Item: Upgrades the quality of a level 70 Rare item to Legendary. This item will roll as a randomized Legendary that shares that item's equipment type.

Convert Set Item: Converts a Set item to a randomized piece of gear from the same Set.

Remove Level Requirement: Removes the level requirement from an item, allowing it to be equipped by a character of any level.

To aquire Kanai's Cube, visit Zoltun Kulle in New Tristram, Hidden Camp, Bastion's Keep Stronghold, or The Survivor's Enclave in Adventure Mode. He'll be quite pleased to guide you on your way.

New Feature: Season Journey
Each player approaches a new Season a little differently and we wanted to celebrate individual player successes. Beginning in Season 4, you'll be able to track your personal progress through the Season Journey interface.

A player's Season Journey is divided into chapters, each with their own descriptive goals and achievements. The further you advance in your Season Journey, the more difficult the milestones become and you'll find there are challenges for every level of player. Completing the highest level Tiers will unlock new portrait frame rewards to celebrate your accomplishments.

GENERAL

Torment VII-X difficulty levels have been added to the game

Experience gained, including all sources of Bonus Experience, is now averaged across all players in a party that are eligible to receive experience

Crowd control resistance cap has been increased from 65% to 95%

This now applies to immobilize effects as well

Non-elite monsters can now benefit from crowd control resistance

All monsters other than bosses, Rift Guardians, or certain large monsters (like Mallet Lords) are now vulnerable to knockback effects

Knockback effects are now subject to crowd control resistance rules and monsters will become immune to knockback at 65% resistance

Lantern Oil and Barrel Stack traps can now deal damage and stun or knockback enemies

Vendors now only sell Magic amulets and rings

Gems that drop below level 61 have been condensed into 5 tiers

The values of these remaining early gems have been adjusted so they feel more powerful

CLASSES

Several skills can now be assigned to Left Mouse Button:

Barbarian

Battle Rage

Ignore Pain

Sprint

Threatening Shout

War Cry

Wrath of the Berserker

Crusader

Akarat's Champion

Iron Skin

Provoke

Demon Hunter

Companion

Preparation

Monk

Blinding Flash

Breath of Heaven

Epiphany

Mystic Ally

Serenity

Witch Doctor

Hex

Horrify

Wizard

Diamond Skin

Energy Armor

Familiar

Ice Armor

Magic Weapon

Storm Armor

Many pets have received adjustments to their collision so that they more closely match their model

Barbarian

Active Skills

Battle Rage

Skill Rune - Ferocity

Has been redesigned

Now increases movement speed by 10%

Skill Rune - Swords to Ploughshares

Now also heals your pets

Cleave

Skill Rune - Scattering Blast

Now knocks enemies up into the air instead of back 10 yards

Enemies that land no longer knock other enemies back

Frenzy

Skill Rune - Vanguard

Now grants 5% movement speed per stack of Frenzy

Leap

Now breaks roots when cast

Threatening Shout

Skill Rune - Falter

Has been redesigned

Enemies take 30% increased damage from all sources for 6 seconds

War Cry

Skill Rune - Veteran's Warning

Dodge chance bonus increased from 15% to 30%

Passive Skills

No Escape

Damage bonus increased from 20% to 30%

Minimum distance reduced from 20 to 15 yards

These bonuses now also apply to Avalanche

Relentless

Resource Cost Reduction granted reduced from 75% to 50%

Now doubles your Life per Spirit Spent while active

Crusader

Active Skills

Blessed Hammer

Skill Rune - Icebound Hammer

Damage increased from 380% to 460% weapon damage

Chance to explode increased from 10% to 35%

Freeze duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second

Icebound Hammer now goes away when it explodes

Falling Sword

You will now arrive at your targeted location sooner after casting Falling Sword

You can now cast again sooner after casting Falling Sword

Judgment

Skill Rune - Conversion

Has been removed

Replaced with:

Debilitate

Enemies in the judged area deal 40% reduced damage for 6 seconds

>Demon Hunter

Active Skills

Spike Trap

Initial arming time reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds

Re-arming time reduced from 2 to .5 seconds

You should now feel less of a delay when casting Spike Trap

Skill Rune - Echoing Blast

Damage increased from 420% to 575% weapon damage

Enemies hit are now Frozen for 3 seconds

Frozen enemies take 20% increased damage

Skill Rune - Lightning Rod

Trigger range increased from 8 to 10 yards

Lighting now arcs from any triggered trap to any armed traps within 75 yards

All enemies hit take 880% weapon damage over 10 hits

Skill Rune - Long Fuse

Now deals all damage in a single explosion for 930% weapon damage

Enemies hit will now be Stunned for 2 seconds

Skill Rune - Scatter

Re-arming time reduced from 2 to .5 seconds

Skill Rune - Sticky Trap

Damage increased from 800% to 915% weapon damage

Arming time reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second

Range reduced from 16 to 12 yards

Passive Skills

Hot Pursuit

Duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds

Leech

New Passive Skill

Gain 18,705 Life on Hit

Heal amount increased by 75% of your Life per Kill

Available at level 60

Numbing Traps

Duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds

Monk

Active Skills

Dashing Strike

Now breaks roots when cast

Witch Doctor

Active Skills

Acid Cloud

You can now cast again sooner after casting Acid Cloud

Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb

Damage increased from 525% to 620%700% weapon damage

Skill Rune - Lob Blob Bomb

Damage from individual blobs can now stack

Big Bad Voodoo

Skill Rune - Ghost Trance

Now reduces damage taken by 20%

Corpse Spiders

Skill Rune - Blazing Spiders

Spiders now return 3 Mana on hit

Skill Rune - Widowmakers

Now increases the total damage to 700% weapon damage

Firebats

Damage increased from 425% to 475% weapon damage

Initial Mana cost has been removed

Channeling Mana cost has been increased from 70 to 125 Mana

Skill Rune - Cloud of Bats

Damage radius increased from 8 to 12 yards

Reduced the channeling duration required to reach maximum damage

Skill Rune - Hungry Bats

Damage increased from 635% to 750% weapon damage per bat

Skill Rune - Plague Bats

Final damage increased from 638% to 660%720% weapon damage

Reduced the channeling duration required to reach maximum damage

Skill Rune - Vampire Bats

Damage type changed from Fire to Physical

Firebomb

Skill Rune - Ghost Bomb

Damage type changed from Fire to Cold

Grasp of the Dead

Damage increased from 560% to 760% weapon damage

Skill Rune - Desperate Grasp

Cooldown reduced from 6 to 4 seconds

Skill Rune - Grasping Eels

Damage increased from 880% to 1360% weapon damage

Skill Rune - Unbreakable Grasp

Now also removes the Mana cost

Hex

Now has an animation and summons the Shaman or Toad at your cursor location

The summoned Shaman now stands in the location where it was summoned

Summoned Shamans' cast range increased from 25 to 50 yards

Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%

Skill Rune - Angry Chicken

Damage type changed from Physical to Poison

Skill Rune - Hedge Magic

Damage type changed from Physical to Cold

Skill Rune - Jinx

Damage bonus increased from 10% to 30%

Damage type changed from Physical to Poison

Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness

Has been redesigned

Every second for 5 seconds, the toad pulls in the farthest enemy within 45 yards, swallows him for 0.5 seconds, then spits him back out, leaving the enemy with a debuff that deals 750% weapon damage over 5 seconds and increases damage taken by 25%

Skill Rune - Unstable Form

Weapon damage increased from 135% to 500%

Mass Confusion

Skill Rune - Devolution

Chance to summon a Zombie Dog increased from 30% to 100%

Skill Rune - Mass Hallucination

Weapon damage increased from 195% to 400%

Skill Rune - Mass Hysteria

Maximum number of enemies Stunned increased from 6 to 10

Skill Rune - Unstable Realm

Cooldown reduced from 45 to 30 seconds

Plague of Toads

Skill Rune - Piercing Toads

Damage type changed from Poison to Physical

Skill Rune - Toad Affinity

Damage type changed from Poison to Cold

Soul Harvest

Gaining additional Soul Harvest stacks will no longer remove all existing stacks and will instead be added to them. Any new stacks over 5 will replace the stack with the shortest remaining duration.

Skill Rune - Soul to Waste

Has been redesigned

Now grants 5% Movement Speed per stack

Wall of Zombies

Has been removed

Replaced with:

Wall of Death

Raise a wall of Zombies 28 yards wide from the ground that blocks enemies and attacks them for 800% weapon damage as Physical over 6 seconds

The damage area has been increased to more closely match the visual

You can now cast again sooner after casting Wall of Death

Skill Rune - Communing with Spirits

Summon a 15 yard radius spectral ring that deals 1400% weapon damage as Cold over 6 seconds, Chills all enemies who walk through by 60%, and reduces their damage done by 25%

Your Hex - Angry Chicken now lasts 15 seconds and movement speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 100%

Spirit of Arachyr

New Set

(2) Set Bonus

Summon a permanent Spider Queen who leaves behind webs that deal 1500%2500% weapon damage per second over 5 seconds and slows enemies. The Spider Queen is commanded to move to where you cast your Corpse Spiders.

(4) Set Bonus

Hex gains the effect of the Toad of Hugeness rune. While Toad of Hugeness is active, you take 40% reduced damage. After Toad of Hugeness finishes his meal, you will heal for 10% of your maximum Life per second for 10 seconds.